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St. Lawrence, Texas, Boll Weevil Cooperative Eradication Program United States Department of Agriculture St. Lawrence, Texas, Animal and Plant Health Boll Weevil Cooperative Eradication Inspection Service Program Environmental Assessment, July 1996 St. Lawrence, Texas, Boll Weevil Cooperative Eradication Program Environmental Assessment, July 1996 Agency Contact: Deborah McPartlan Program Co-Director U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection and Quarantine Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Program P.O. Box 5089 Abilene, TX 79608-5089 (800) 687-1212 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in its programs on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, and marital or familial status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact the USDA Office of Communications at (202) 720-2791. Mention of companies or commercial products in this report does not imply recommendation or endorsement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture over others not mentioned. USDA neither guarantees nor warrants the standard of any product mentioned. Product names are mentioned solely to report factually on available data and to provide specific information. This publication reports research involving pesticides. All uses of pesticides must be registered by appropriate State and/or Federal agencies before they can be recommended. CAUTION: Pesticides can be injurious to humans, domestic animals, desirable plants, and fish or other wildlife—if they are not handled or applied properly. Use all pesticides selectively and carefully. Follow recommended practices for the disposal of surplus pesticides and pesticide containers. Table of Contents I. Purpose of and Need for the Proposed Action .......... 1 A. Introduction .................................. 1 B. Purpose and Need ............................. 1 II. Alternatives ........................................ 2 A. Limited No Action ................................ 2 B. Biological Control ............................... 3 C. Chemical Control ................................ 3 D. Cultural Control ................................. 4 E. Mechanical Control .............................. 4 F. Sterile Insect Technique .......................... 4 III. Environmental Impacts of Proposed Action and Alternatives ........................................ 5 A. Anticipated Environmental Impacts .................5 B. Unique or Special Concerns ......................11. C. Additional Protective Measures ...................13. D. Summary of Environmental Impacts ...............15. IV. Listing of Agencies, Organizations, and Individuals Consulted .........................................15. I. Purpose of and Need for the Proposed Action A. Introduction The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), is proposing to cooperate with State organizations and cotton grower organizations in a program to eradicate the boll weevil in the counties of Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, and Upton in the St. Lawrence area of Texas. The proposed program is a component of the National Boll Weevil Cooperative Control Program (national program), which has adopted an incremental strategy to eradicate the boll weevil from the U.S. Cotton Belt. In this site-specific environmental assessment (EA), APHIS analyzes the potential effects of the proposed program's alternatives (including no action) and considers characteristics and issues that may be special or unique to the St. Lawrence area. Since its introduction in southern Texas in the late 1800's, the boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis Boheman) has spread across the U.S. Cotton Belt. It annually causes economic losses to the agricultural industry and to consumers. Since the early 1950's, the nation's agricultural community has acknowledged the need for a beltwide strategy for controlling the boll weevil. Since the first pilot program in 1971, programs implemented in an incremental fashion have been successful in eradicating the boll weevil from over 3.5 million acres in major areas of the cotton belt. In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321–4347(NEPA)) and its implementing regulations, APHIS and its cooperators analyzed the potential environmental effects of the national program to control the boll weevil in a programmatic document, the “National Boll Weevil Cooperative Control Program, Final Environmental Impact Statement—1991” (EIS). The EIS analyzed alternatives and control methods that could be used for boll weevil eradication and included detailed human health and nontarget species risk analyses. In the record of decision for the national program, APHIS committed to prepare site-specific EA's, tiered to the programmatic EIS, as necessary. This site-specific EA incorporates by reference all of the discussions, analyses, and conclusions of the EIS. B. Purpose and Need APHIS is proposing to cooperate with other Federal and State agencies, grower groups, and growers in a program to eradicate the boll weevil from cotton fields in the St. Lawrence area of Texas. The proposed action is needed to (1) reduce agricultural losses suffered by growers as a result of continuous boll weevil infestation, 1 (2) substantially reduce the amount of pesticides used by growers and the cost of applying those pesticides to control boll weevil and other cotton pests, (3) maintain the biological integrity and efficacy of the national program to eradicate the boll weevil, and (4) comply with relevant pest control statutes and regulations. APHIS' authority for cooperation in this proposed program is based upon and complies with the Incipient and Emergency Control of Pests [Act] (1937), the Organic Act of the Department of Agriculture (1944), the Cooperation with State agencies in the Administration and Enforcement of Certain Federal Laws Act (1962), and the Food Security Act of 1985. II. Alternatives The national program to eradicate the boll weevil employs a beltwide integrated control strategy. Integrated control, in this case, involves the selection of a particular control method or combination of methods for an individual site, based on factors including variations in boll weevil biology, availability of overwintering sites, environmental concerns, weather patterns, and crop production requirements. Consistent with the strategy used in the national program, integrated control considered as alternatives within this EA include (1) limited no action, (2) biological control, (3) chemical control (azinphos-methyl, diflubenzuron, endosulfan, malathion, methyl parathion, or oxamyl), (4) cultural control (use of short-season cotton varieties and/or mandatory stalk destruction), (5) mechanical control (mass trapping and bait tubes), and (6) sterile insect technique. A. Limited No Action For the purposes of this proposed program, the limited no action alternative is defined as no cooperative control action in an individual site within the program's area of operation.1 It is conceivable that, because of a site's special characteristics, no control actions of any kind would be implemented. For example, measures that are agreed upon for the protection of endangered and threatened species could involve the enforcement of “no action” buffer zones. For the program to be effective in such areas, it would have to employ indirect methods such as mass trapping, the release of sterile boll weevils 1 A variety of interpretations may exist for the no action alternative, including entirely (no program) or possibly no Federal involvement. However, the most probable result of implementing either of these other interpretations would be that the existing high pesticide use patterns would continue. Under those circum- stances, the environmental effects of no action would be more severe than those that might be incurred in the implementation of the proposed action. In APHIS' judgment therefore, the public's interest is better served through analysis of a limited no action alternative. 2 (when the technology is perfected and approved) in adjacent surrounding areas, or other methods which through attrition may eliminate the population of boll weevils from that site. The limited no action alternative affords the program a degree of flexibility to deal with extremely sensitive sites that may occur within a broad program area. B. Biological Control Biological control (biocontrol) agents are predators, parasites, or microbial pathogens (viruses, bacteria, and fungi) that can be used to provide natural suppression of some insect species that damage agricultural crops. APHIS has reviewed research done on various biological control agents, including Naturalis-L and the parasitic wasp Catolaccus grandis. Constraints associated with the use of biological control agents for boll weevil control include the lack of artificial diets, mass propagation systems, or release systems. APHIS will continue to review, consider, and support the use of new or improved biological control strategies for the control of the boll weevil and other insect pests. C. Chemical Control Six pesticides have been analyzed for program treatments and are registered for this use by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): azinphos-methyl, diflubenzuron, endosulfan, malathion, methyl parathion, and oxamyl (refer to the EIS and “Chemicals Risk Assessment, Boll Weevil Cooperative Eradication
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